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Offline John (Maryland)

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #105 on: November 30, 2012, 07:03:28 AM »
Will6er.

Hello.

My car is actually an altered and refer your question to others who are more familiar with gas rules.  I do not want to mislead anyone.

The firewall, floor system, and vents in my car are completely altered.

Good luck with your build.

John.

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #106 on: November 30, 2012, 02:17:14 PM »
 DND, whether or not those openings and duct's worked is debatable especially with Today's lower car attitude and front Air Dam's.
  I would also have to question the legality of modifying the "stock" body rearwards of the front fenders  in the Classic Classes although they would certainly be o.k. in Comp Coupe.                                                                            Bob Drury
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  The Jones and Cecatto Stude had those ducts. I''ll be seeing Buddy Jones shortly and ask him if he saw any evidence of air flowing up through the ducts. On our 222 Camaro the low pressure under the spoiler and behind the car causes a salt trail [and a lot of it] to rise up and stick to rear of car and underneath the spoiler.

             JL222

  Saw Buddy Jones last week and he says he thought he remembered some salt down in ducts.
  This Stude ran at El Mirage [ I believe ] after he sold it, and if the ducks really worked a lot of dust should have been coming out.

  Anyone see this?

          JL222

Offline Stan Back

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #107 on: November 30, 2012, 04:14:11 PM »
There was a Bud Jones that died two weeks ago?
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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #108 on: November 30, 2012, 04:56:53 PM »
No, Bud Jones from Santa Barbara.

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #109 on: November 30, 2012, 06:34:57 PM »
There was a Bud Jones that died two weeks ago?

  I remember the late Bud Jones as always being 1st in line at El Mirage before they had a point lineup.

  He always had a story, most made you laugh.

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Offline John (Maryland)

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #110 on: December 04, 2012, 01:38:35 PM »
I talked to Racepak about a Sportsman Data Recorder for land speed by adding a wheel sensor and a wheel turn-count algorithm tied to roll-out distance.  The output could be graphed as a function of speed vs. distance for the 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 mile, or any distance of interest.  They said their Sportsman package could be configured this way at some extra charge.  Racepak also has a speed vs. distance GPS unit. 

Shown is a GPS speedometer I had built for LSR as a less costly means of gathering some data.  It provides 1/4-mile speed, which is quite useful in light of drag racing speeds.  Of lesser interest, the speedometer also gives 0-60-mph seconds and 1/4 E.T.

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #111 on: December 04, 2012, 02:13:07 PM »
Will you be in Ohio in April?

I look forward to checking out your car!!  8-)

One thing is for sure, we just don't have enough Studes. Has anybody else noticed this?  :roll: :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #112 on: December 04, 2012, 06:54:00 PM »
John, I installed one of those GPS speedo's in my wifes LSR camaro and it work great especially for the mile. Applying the info that it supplies haas been a great help to figure out potential changes. Love the stude build. :cheers:
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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #113 on: December 05, 2012, 05:52:03 AM »
Plmkrze.
I recently received a note that a 53 Stude was spotted in a junk yard in NJ; it would be nice to store it somewhere but I have plenty going on with only one of these Studes, which I take one day at a time.

John.
You commented that your wife has an LSR Camaro, do you drive as well?  One thought about gathering data was to make baseline runs and then add say 200-lbs. followed by 300-lbs to establish a payment LSR weight vs. speed algorithm (sort out traction) for a “standard”, if there is such a thing, gas/altered coupe.  I am very curious about the effect of weight on speed.


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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #114 on: December 05, 2012, 06:33:40 AM »
No I don't drive the camaro, that one is hers, I am planning a lakester or modified sport class ('64 Triumph Spitfire) in the near future. As we winder her up in speed (her first year in the camaro) we will be exparimenting with weight to find the balance between stability, traction and accelaration.

Frank
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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #115 on: December 08, 2012, 09:01:29 AM »
The fuel fitting shown goes to the back of the car from the rear tank, hard to see in the earlier photo, so the tank can easily be drained into a can.  It uses a shutoff valve and plug.

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #116 on: February 27, 2013, 08:58:42 AM »
The pixs show outfitting the wheel wells using KYDEX (black plastic) instead of steel or alumnium well inserts.  The material is .063, .110 seemed a bit too thick.  The material is easy to work with and is resistant to stones.  We will see how it works, so far so good. John.

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« Reply #117 on: February 27, 2013, 10:24:05 AM »
John, good to hear from you again.


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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #118 on: February 27, 2013, 12:10:28 PM »
That's good plastic. The right stuff for the application and it cleans off really well. Nice work on the fitting.

Offline Bob Drury

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Re: 1953 Studebaker
« Reply #119 on: February 27, 2013, 01:05:10 PM »
  John, I love your build, but if you want to run any SCTA events, the rear wheel well openings cannot be filled as you have done.  In other words, the entire rear quarter panel (inside) must remain open to the rotating tire............ although you can widen the tub to the inside.      Bob
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